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If You Have a Child and a Computer - Read This!
 Sueanne Hagemann
As the mother of a teenager daughter the access to the internet on our computer has been a battle for years. Always looking over her shoulder and trying to stay on top of where she was visiting on the internet. Then comes the fights “Oh Mom get over it”, “I was only on for 30 minutes”, “Everyone goes on that site” and so on.more »»»
Search Engines Fight Click Fraud
 Michael Liedtke
The Internet's leading search engines are teaming up with an advertising trade group to find a better way to identify and measure "click fraud," a scam that has raised doubts about the Web's trustworthiness as a marketing vehicle.more »»»
Telmex Offers AMD PIC System
 Anh Huynh
AMD and Telmex have teamed up to provide affordable internet service and systems to Mexican citizens. Telmex will begin offering AMD’s Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) systems with internet service, software and support.more »»»
A New Model For Getting Rich Online
 Yuki Noguchi
For hundreds of thousands of people, the dream of making an Internet fortune works like this: Earn pennies at a time in exchange for allowing Google Inc. or Yahoo Inc. to place advertisements on a personal or small-business Web page.more »»»
Sun Worries? Let Your Bikini Do the Talking
 Belinda Goldsmith
As the bikini turns 60, it's entering the electronic age with a new model featuring a built-in alarm to warn wearers to get out of the sun - and ease concerns that the scanty swimsuits damage the health.more »»»
Google Winning the Search Engine Wars
 Michael Liedtke
Google Inc.'s second-quarter profit seems likely to erase any lingering doubts about which Internet company rules the Web. Google has soared well beyond Wall Street's financial hurdle just like the online search engine leader has done in all but one quarter since it went public.more »»»
Mexico's Televisa Sues Univision in Internet Spat
 Noel Randewich
Leading Mexican broadcaster Televisa said on Wednesday it is suing U.S. partner Univision for the right to distribute soap operas and other programs over the Internet in the United States.more »»»
Start of Crusade Against Internet Gambling?
 Jonathan Silverstein
Yesterday, the Department of Justice [DOJ] announced charges against 11 individuals and four companies accused of taking sports bets from U.S. residents in the $12 billion a year online gambling industry.more »»»
Gas Savers: Myths and Secrets
 John Stossel & Frank Mastropolo
Our love affair with the car is no longer a cheap date considering today's high gas prices. But are there secrets out there that would allow you to get more miles for your money?more »»»
Blogger Starts with Paper Clip, Ends with House
 Associated Press
Taking a paper clip and turning it into a house sounds like a cheesy magic trick or a phony instance of resourcefulness on the 1980s TV show MacGyver. Kyle MacDonald, however, has pulled it off.more »»»
Wired Vacations: Do You Pack Your BlackBerry?
 Neal Karlinsky
Ever feel as if you can't get away from the office, no matter how far you go? It isn't your imagination, what with your BlackBerry, cell phone and email making it easier to keep in touch with your colleagues during your vacation.more »»»
Google to Offer 'Easy' Payment Service
 Reuters
Google Inc. Thursday will launch a long-awaited service called Google Checkout, which some analysts said could help online merchants boost sales and convince them to commit more advertising money to the Web search leader.more »»»
Wanna Bet that a Hurricane will Hit U.S.? Now You Can
 USA TODAY
It's a slow time of year for avid gamblers. The basketball and hockey playoffs are over. Football, even the preseason variety, is weeks away. But gambling on whether Mother Nature will deliver another frenzied hurricane season has all the tantalizing unpredictability that many online betters can't resist.more »»»
Have They Got a Scammy Deal for You
 Don Oldenburg
Check your email often enough and you might get the feeling there's a scammer born every minute. That's what Brian Stewart concluded after recently posting an online classified at Cars.com to sell his sister-in-law's 1992 Toyota Camry.more »»»
Spammers Turn to Images to Fool Filters
 Anick Jesdanun
Spammers are increasingly sneaking their messages past email filters by sending their pitches as images rather than text, spam experts say. The images fool some filters because they have no easy way of knowing whether a graphical file contains an innocent photograph of a friend's party or embedded text pitching Viagra or a company's stock.more »»»
Network Neutrality 101 - A Primer on the Battle for the Future of the Web
 ABC News
"Network neutrality" is the term commonly used to describe the battle between the telecom industry and a varied coalition of groups arguing over whether content providers should be able to pay in order for surfers to get faster access to their sites.more »»»
Online Game Becomes Sexploitation Site
 Fiore Mastroianni
In an attempt to avoid traceable emails, pedophiles are using online games, including Sony's Everquest, to target and communicate with their victims, according to federal investigators.more »»»
Internet Smears Take Mexico Election to New Lows
 Adriana Barrera
Mexico's leftist candidate for president might take your house if he is elected, while his conservative rival could install a bloody dictatorship if he wins - that is, if you believe your emails.more »»»
Be Prepared For ID Theft
 Brian Krebs
It may have already happened to you: A letter arrives in the mailbox from your bank or alma mater, stating that a hacker break-in or lost laptop has compromised sensitive data on thousands of people, and that you could be among the unlucky ones. What to do?more »»»
Truly a World Wide Web
 PewGlobal.org
As the pace of modernization accelerates around the globe, so too has computer usage and access to the internet. The latest Pew Global Attitudes poll found substantially more people using a computer and going online now than in 2002.more »»»
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
 Paul Vitello
In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.more »»»
Facts About Cuba's Access to Internet
 Prensa Latina
A commentary posted today by the Cuban News Agency (AIN) says that in addition to financial restraints increasingly being placed on Cuba by Washington, the island is not allowed to connect to underwater optic fibre cables through which the overwhelming bulk of worldwide information flows.more »»»
For Some, Online Persona Undermines a Résumé
 Alan Finder
Some recruiters are looking up applicants on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, where college students often post risqué or teasing photographs and provocative comments about drinking, recreational drug use and sexual exploits in what some mistakenly believe is relative privacy.more »»»
Shutter Lag
 William M. Bulkeley
Glenn Maxwell vividly recalls the only whale-watching cruise he ever took, two years ago off Puerto Vallarta. As waves rocked the boat, he says, scores of the giant mammals leapt clear of the water. Alas, his memories of his Mexican adventure are better than his snapshots.more »»»
Texas Plans Web-Cams to Eye Mexican Border
 VOA News
The governor of the southern U.S. state of Texas has announced a plan to set up surveillance cameras along the border with Mexico. Governor Rick Perry says the images from those cameras will be put on the Internet for viewers to help stop illegal crossings.more »»»
A Hard Look at PPC, Click Fraud and the Alternatives
 Bill Platt
With the creation of the Overture and Google Adwords systems, many webmasters believed they had finally hit the mother load. It was no longer necessary for small online businesses to invest large amounts of money into Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services to gain high search rankings in the natural search results.more »»»
High-Tech Sign Language Could Replace the Mouse
 Dawn C. Chmielewski
John Underkoffler wants to build a better mouse. Working in a downtown Los Angeles loft, the co-founder of G-speak is developing technology to replace the ubiquitous computer mouse with a more natural interface: human hands.more »»»
Technology and Easy Credit Give Identity Thieves an Edge
 John Leland & Tom Zeller Jr.
According to a Federal Trade Commission survey in 2003, about 10 million Americans — 1 in 30 — had their identities stolen in the previous year, with losses to the economy of $48 billion. Subsequent surveys found that the number of victims had declined to nine million last year but that the losses had risen to $56.6 billion.more »»»
Internet Advertising Up 38 Percent in First Quarter
 Reuters
U.S. Internet advertising surged 38 percent to a record $3.9 billion in the first quarter as marketers moved additional dollars to the Web, according to data released on Tuesday.more »»»
The End of Light Bulbs?
 Ned Potter
There's that famous image from 1879 of Thomas Edison, the tireless innovator, trying a hundred different combinations of materials until he got the light bulb right, and then sitting with it for 40 hours until it burned out - but all that's about to change.more »»»
Mexico Retunes Economy Toward High Technology
 Bob Keefe
When you think of high-tech countries, Mexico probably isn't the first to come to mind. But in an effort to catch up with other parts of the world, Mexico is trying once again to beef up its technology sector.more »»»
Google Takes Half of All U.S. Searches, Nielsen Says
 Ben Ames
American Web surfers continued to flock to Google in April, using the Internet search site for 50 percent of their 5.3 billion queries, according to a research report. That marked a rise from Google's year-ago market share of 47 percent, while second-place site Yahoo held steady at 22 percent, and MSN dropped from 12 to 11 percent.more »»»
The Most Dangerous Words on the Web
 Ned Potter
Don't try this at home - not if you want to have a working computer. Search for "Free Screensavers," we're told, and 64% of the sites you'll find are the kinds that can gum up your machine with spyware or a computer virus.more »»»
Bill to Ban Gambling Online Gets 4th Chance
 Frank Ahrens
Today, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up a bill introduced by Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte (R) that would ban much online gambling, including bets on sporting events and games of chance - namely poker, which has enjoyed a boom in recent years.more »»»
Google Plugs into Video Advertising
 Reuters
Google says it is ready to help Web sites run video advertisements, putting the Web search leader into competition with television for the biggest chunk of ad spending.more »»»
Religious Phone Cards Target Us Hispanics
 Reuters
Faith knows no limits, even when it comes to long-distance phone calls. The Catholic Church in Mexico is set to receive a cash bonanza from a U.S. company planning to sell prepaid phone cards with a printed image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.more »»»
Coldwell Banker Realtors Unveil New Website
 PVNN
Coldwell Banker La Costa, the premiere real estate brokerage firm in Puerto Vallarta, recently announced the unveiling of their new website CBLaCosta.com, which incorporates some features not found on other local real estate websites.more »»»
God's Call Comes by Cellphone
 Stephanie Simon
A recent national poll found just 17% of adults view the local church as essential for developing faith. Small wonder. Sitting in a pew on Sunday morning seems almost embarrassingly old-fashioned in an era when you can watch a video recreation of the Last Supper on your Palm or get God's word text-messaged to your cellphone.more »»»
A Comparison of Paid Search Advertising Models
 Bill Platt
The most common advertising offer at the search engines is the Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising model. But, there are also other search advertising models such as Cost Per Thousand Impressions (CPM) and Featured Listings. In this article, we will look at the advantages and disadvantages of each advertising method.more »»»
Cops: Baby For Sale On Internet
 AP
U.S. and Mexican police cooperated to arrest a Mexican couple who allegedly tried to sell a four-month-old baby over the Internet and hired a trafficker to take him to a supposed buyer in the United States, the U.S. Embassy announced on Thursday.more »»»
Yahoo Is Unleashing a New Way to Turn Ad Clicks Into Ka-Ching
 Saul Hansell
When Yahoo finally switches on the new search-advertising software code-named Project Panama this summer, users of its search engine will hardly notice a difference. But if Yahoo's project was worth the two years and tens of millions of dollars it cost, users will find the text ads adjacent to the main search results just a little more interesting, luring them to click on those ads a little more often.more »»»
Plugged In: Avoiding Delays at a High-Tech Airport
 Reed Stevenson
For Wesley Britton, signing up to have his irises scanned at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport was an easy decision. A structural engineer in the space industry, Britton passes through the bustling European hub four times a week, and being able to avoid long passport lines can often mean the difference between making or missing a connecting flight.more »»»
Telecommuters Give Mexican Life a Try
 Nathaniel Hoffman
Nicole and John Gordon spent their 20s in San Francisco, riding the best years of the technology boom. But with two kids, Nicole Gordon started asking herself, "What do you do after San Francisco?"more »»»
Mexicali Flies into High-Tech Sector
 Diane Lindquist
Honeywell's Aerospace division has broken ground in Mexicali on a $40 million systems integration lab where Mexican engineers will develop technologies for future commercial aircraft.more »»»
Man Using Web to Barter Paper Clip for House
 CNN.com
Kyle MacDonald had a red paper clip and a dream: Could he use the community power of the Internet to barter that paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else - and so on and so on until he had a house?more »»»
The VoIP Insurgency
 Michael Brito
The long history of monopolizing the telecommunication industry has finally come to an end. It's time for a regime change. Consumers now have an alternative – introducing VoIP.more »»»
No Green Light for Driver with Traffic Signal Gadget
 AP
A man who said he bought a device that allowed him to change stop lights from red to green received a $50 ticket for suspicion of interfering with a traffic signal.more »»»
US Congress Is Giving Away the Internet, and You Won't Like Who Gets It
 Art Brodsky
Don't look now, but the US House Commerce Committee next Wednesday is likely to vote to turn control of the Internet over to AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner and what's left of the telecommunications industry. It will be one of those stories the MSM writes about as "little noticed" because they haven't covered it.more »»»
Porn Industry Again at the Tech Forefront
 Dawn C. Chmielewski & Claire Hoffman
A top producer of hard-core porn will start selling downloadable movies that customers can burn to DVD and watch on their TVs, illustrating how Southern California's multibillion-dollar adult entertainment industry may again set the technological pace for Hollywood.more »»»
New Luxury Hybrid Car Takes Center Stage
 Steve Bratman
Hybrids are going where they've never been before. Lexus introduced the first "full" hybrid paired to a V8 engine for the best in luxury, performance and efficiency. The 2008 Lexus LS hybrid sedan was introduced to the world at the New York International Auto Show. more »»»
Experts Ponder a Future of New Sex Gizmos, Robots
 Reuters
When America's top sex researchers gathered recently to discuss the next decade in their field, some envisioned a future in which artificial sex partners could cater to every fantasy.more »»»
Forget Computers. Here Comes the Sun.
 John Markoff
T. J. Rodgers is surrounded by a sea of silicon wafers on the roof of his company's headquarters in Silicon Valley. No, not the ones that Mr. Rodgers used to make high-speed computer memories, these wafers are soaking up the sun's rays and turning them into electricity.more »»»
Sprint Unveils Mobile Child Locator Service
 Sinead Carew
Sprint Nextel Corp., the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, on Thursday introduced a wireless service to help parents find their children, as it makes a bid to expand its presence in the family market.more »»»
Border Tech Firm Pools Best of Mexican Talent
 Wire services
Kevin Harris found a way to get extra sleep and make more money: Stop dealing with computer programmers in India and Pakistan in favor of their counterparts in Mexico.more »»»
Mexican Magnate Dials in Verizon Assets
 ZDNet
Carlos Slim Helu, the third-richest man in the world, will buy three Latin American operations from U.S. carrier Verizon Communications as he extends his grip on the regional telecommunications market.more »»»
Download-To-Own Movie Services Move Ahead
 eWEEK
Two online movie services, Movielink and CinemaNow, on Monday said they will begin selling major films such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" on the same day DVDs are sold at stores in a watershed event for Hollywood in the digital age.more »»»
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